Vehicle-wheel.



.rome N. meren, er' molaire resem, Texas.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 2h?, Mbit.

Application led Gctoher 538, 19M). Serial No. 589,639.

To Vall whom 'it may cotiser/n.: l

Be it known that l, JOHN N. BARTLE, :i

ICitizen of the United States, residing at Wichita Falls, in the county et'` llllichite and State of Texas, have invented e new and 'useful Vehiele-lVheel, ot which the following is a speeication.

lt is the object oi@ the present invention 'to provide an improved construction of vehicle Wheel enel the invention relates more particularly to that class-of such Wheels which embody a. hill), zu. im, enel resilient spokes interposed hel-.Ween the huh and the rim.

` One eim of the present .invention is to yprovider?u wheel or" the type mentioned ,so 'constructed that the hul and Spokes may revolve independently of the rim ondere-ertain conditions. A Wheel so constructed, obvates the employment of compensating gearing and also provides ageinet the drive exle or the wheel huh heilig suhieeterl vto ab normal stress when the vehicle .vhieh the Wheel supports, is suclcleniy started or sto pecl.

i riefiy stated, the invention contemplules the provision of a vehicle wheel in which the spokes do not have rigid or positive oonnection with the rim but merely frietionelly engage with the seme.

v In the accompanying drawings, Figure l v is a. view partly in elevation und partly in vertical Section, or :i wheel constructed lo aoeorclenee with the present invention, Fig.; 2 is e perspective of the outer enll portion of one of the Wheel spokes. Fig, ie :i similar view oft e portion of the wheel rim. Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. illustrating e Slight modification of the rimA En the drawings, the Wheel hub iinli cated hy the niunerul :'5 and may he et any desireti. forni. The spokes of the Wheel :1re inclicatecl .hy the numeral i" incl :tre oit iler, resilient metal, they being rigidly seeurefl es at 7. It their irier ends, in the hel Each spolre at its outer i forme with e. transverse tooth 8 the which tooth will he presently fully It will he ohrerrerl, that the spokes, ivi/'hen properly assen neel in the eonioleteal wheel. are bowed between their endl their couver; sides being presented Alo the i ireetion ot rotation of the Wheel.

The wheel rim, in the forni or the invention shown in'ligs. l enel oi the drawings, emhodies also the tire el the Wheel enel i, 'inuicated by the numeral 9. This riin has inwardly' projecting flanges l() :it each side and between these Hongos the outer ends of the spokes engage and are held, the spokes being held against lateral displacement at their said outer ends by reason et' suoli engage :nent between the flanges. The rim E) upon its inner peripheral surface is formed with a plurality of sockets l1 and between each two sockets with :i depression or eoncm'ity L, the eoneavity l2 being preferably inuoh Wider than the soekets il. l

will be observed from an inspection of Fig. l of the (li-mvings that in resembling the huh and the spokes with the rim, the outer ends ot' the spokes are disposed hetween the flanges l() ol the rim willi the transverse teeth 8 sealing in the socketsl ll. Not all oil the sockets rire oemipied by the teeth S, only every other one of the sold sockets being so occupied in lfig. Ll. of the drawings. Furthermore il. will he underelooll thai the engagement otx the leo/lh in the sockets is purely :t frietionul nml loose engagement uml ihzit should the wheel huh he suddenly rapidly rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig'. l ol' the clroW- ings, the toothed outer ends of the spokey will leere the sockets whieh they occupy in l und `will ride over the depression next adjacent thereto :nul into the xexl' one ot the seid sockets or in 'lhe one following that one, or in tout, thoepohes may i'irlo over :t nunilmr or' the solltet before-e 'the speed ot rotation of llie huh is normal. Thus, clue to the foot that the spolieshzife only l'rirlionol engagement with the rim, the wheel huh is. not subjected to elmornurl sross (lu-o lo sueltlen storting or Stopping of the rehielo supported hy the wheel. llurlherinore, il'y will he readily' understood that :i noir ol' these wheels on the llrire axle oli o vehirle, shell is e5 eutomohile, will obviaie the employ-- ment ol eomiwnseimg gearing nuwuluvh in awning :l @urne-r, lhc huh :met spokes ot 'he innerivheel will rotule within the rim thereof to eonipensote for the eXiro. rile-humo traveled hy the ooler wheel. Should the huh, however, have the lirsxllee :applied or ,he motion he transmilierl in the opposite limrtion to the arrow, the eelh P3, mul their spring@ spoilers, will ort with the sockets ll. sin'iilerly to e pmvl nnrl ratffliel, and will thus he held lightly in the Ilets l-l @ntl ermee the rim 9 to he lirnily attached to und rentable with the huh. 'lllfhile es stierl above, in the form of' wheel shown in Figs. l

1 and 3 of the drawing, lthe rim 9 embodies the tire of the Wheel, in the form shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing,y the wheel rim is formed upon its outer periphery and sides with an outwardly projecting flange 13 and between these flanges is tted a tire 14 which may be of any desired structure.

What is claimed is:

1. In a wheel, a rim, a hub, and spokes carried by thevhub, the rim being formed with spaced flanges, and the curved spring spokes seating at their outer ends between the flanges and frictionally engaging the rim between the -langes and forming a pawl and ratchet connecting means therebetween.

2. In a Wheel, a'hu'b, `curved spring spokes carried by the hub, and arim formed with a plurality of socketsfrictionally receiving the outer ends of the spokes and adapted to form a pawl and ratchet connection there a with.

3. Ina wheel, a hub, a series of curved spring spokes carried by the hub, and a rim supported at the ends of the spokes and movable thereabout in one direct-ion, the said rim being held normally in a positive manner against rotation in the opposite direetion about the spokes and independently thereof.L

4. In a wheeh a rim formed with a plurality of sockets, a hub, and a series of curved spring spokes carried by the hub and having at their outer ends teeth rictionally seating in the sockets and forming a pawl i and ratchet Connection between the spokes and rim.

In testimony that I claim the ,foregoing as my own, I `have'hereto atiixed my signa ture in the presence ofY two witnesses.

JOHN N. BARTLE. Witnesses:

ROBERT E. HUFF, LAULA MoBRmE. 

